De Klomp, Amsterdam

Living in De Klomp

De Klomp is quiet and low-density, and most of its 254 homes are houses rather than apartments — front doors, gardens, street parking.

At 6,860 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

Amsterdam is the tightest housing market in the Netherlands: international workers, students and families chase the same limited stock, overbidding is routine in popular price bands, and a large social-housing sector keeps much of the city permanently off the open market. Where a buurt sits relative to the ring road (A10) and a metro or tram line explains a surprising share of its price.

The housing market in De Klomp

At €594,000 average WOZ value, De Klomp ranks 131 out of 426 Amsterdam neighborhoods on price — 18% pricier than most of the city. You pay for the location here. For scale: Amsterdam's cheapest buurt averages €42,000 and its priciest €2,286,000, so De Klomp sits in the middle of the pack.

The direction of the market: between 2023 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €591,000 to €594,000, up 1% — roughly in step with the rest of the city. WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

With 86% of homes owner-occupied, this is a settled buyers' neighborhood — homes change hands regularly, and you can usually find recent comparable sales on the same street to anchor your bid. Settled also means slower: owners here tend to stay, so the best houses may only list once a decade.

Who lives here

Demographically, De Klomp is dominated by established households in the 45-to-65 bracket (26% of its 650 residents), followed by over-65s at 26%. 44% of households have children at home, so expect school runs, playgrounds in use, and neighbors who stay put. The average household counts 2.5 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: 42% of households are among the country's highest earners — which helps explain both the café density and the bidding behavior.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: plan your groceries: the nearest large supermarket is 1.4 km away; dining out means a short trip: only 2 cafés or restaurants sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 14 min walk · GP 14 min · hospital 2.0 km · library 1.1 km. None of these will decide a purchase on their own, but a GP taking new patients nearby is the kind of thing you only miss after moving.

Families and schools

For families: the nearest primary school is 14 minutes on foot; daycare is 1.4 km away — check waiting lists early, they are long everywhere in the Netherlands; secondary school is a 6-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is a 7-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; a highway on-ramp 1.5 km away makes car trips easy — check whether through-traffic noise reaches the street you're considering; households here average 1.1 cars, so assume driveways and parking are part of daily logistics.

Energy and running costs

Since 99% of the stock predates 2000, always check the energy label of a specific listing — the difference between label C and label F on an average home here is easily a few thousand euros a year in heating, and it changes what you can sensibly bid.

Before you bid in De Klomp

Before you bid in De Klomp: family neighborhoods like this one turn over slowly; when a good house appears it often goes to the first serious, well-prepared bidder. Also, with many older residents, more homes will come to market here over the coming years than the recent past suggests — patience can pay.

None of these averages can tell you whether the specific house you found is fairly priced — that depends on its size, energy label, state of maintenance and the recent sales around it. That is exactly what a free HomeReview report checks, in about 10 seconds, for any Dutch address.

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